Comparative study on clinical characteristics of cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic cardiac arrest patients out-of-hospital based on Utstein style / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective:To analyze the causes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and the differences in outcomes of pre-hospital first-aid measures and cardiopulmonary resuscitation for different etiologies, improved the success rate of rescue.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted on OHCA patients admitted to Beijing Emergency Medical Centre from January to December 2021. The pre-hospital emergency medical records and rescue results within medical institutions were collected. Compared the basic situation between patients with cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic cardiac arrest, the differences of rescue measures and CPR outcomes between the groups were compared by non-parametric test and χ 2 test. Results:A total of 7 517 patients were included in this study. Cardiogenic arrest patients were older, more underlying diseases (84.2%), and cardiac arrest mainly occurred at home. The cause of non-cardiogenic arrest included disease (85.1%), trauma (2.9%), suicide (5.0%), traffic accidents (1.7%), poisoning (1.1%), and so on. In terms of first-aid measures, after the emergency doctor arrived at the scene, the proportion of first-aid measures used for cardiogenic patients was high (22.3%), and the first aid measures include cardiopulmonary resuscitation, tracheal intubation, defibrillation, oxygen inhalation, injection of adrenaline and use of other drugs. All the proportions of first-aid measures for cardiogenic patients were significantly higher than non-cardiogenic patients (all P<0.001). In terms of clinical outcomes, there were no statistical differences in return of spontaneous circulation ( P=0.072) and 24-hour survival ( P=0.093) between cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic patients. Conclusions:Cardiogenic cardiac arrest was the main cause of OHCA. Cardiogenic arrest patients were more underlying diseases, and older in age, the main clinical feature was onset at home. The comprehensive treatment measures for pre-hospital first-aid cardiac arrest should continue to be strengthened to improve the success rate of rescue for OHCA.

Efficacy comparison of botulinum toxin A injection and extraocular muscle surgery in the treatment of large angle acute acquired concomitant esotropia / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

AIM: To explore the variance in efficacy between botulinum toxin A(BTA)injection and extraocular muscle surgery in managing large-angle(≥+60 PD)acute acquired concomitant esotropia(AACE).METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical data of 60 patients with AACE treated at our hospital from June 2020 to December 2022. Patients were divided into three groups based on different treatments: 2.5 IU BTA injection group(14 cases), 5.0 IU BTA injection group(29 cases), and surgical group(17 cases). Follow-up was conducted for 6 mo after treatment to observe the degree of strabismus after the correction of refractive error, visual function, treatment effectiveness, and occurrence of complications after BTA injection.RESULTS: At 6 mo post-treatment, the degree of strabismus in the surgical group and the 5.0 IU BTA injection group was lower than that in the 2.5 IU BTA injection group(P&#x003C;0.017). However, there was no significant difference in the degree of strabismus between the surgical group and the 5.0 IU BTA injection group(P&#x003E;0.017). The effective rate of the 5.0 IU BTA injection group was higher than that of the 2.5 IU BTA injection group(86% vs 43%, P&#x003C;0.017). There was no difference in visual function among the three groups(P&#x003E;0.05). The incidence of complications after treatment was not significantly different between the 2.5 IU BTA injection group and the 5.0 IU BTA injection group(43% vs 52%, P&#x003E;0.05).CONCLUSION: For AACE patients with esotropia degree ≥+60 PD, bilateral medial rectus injection of 5.0 IU BTA can yield outcomes comparable to traditional extraocular muscle surgery, with the advantages of minimal trauma and simple and convenient operation.

Study on the factors related to not attempting resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective:To explore the epidemiological factors of patients with OHCA who did not attempt CPR, and analyze the reasons and clinical features of non resuscitation.Methods:Data from OHCA patients who did not undergo CPR were collected from January 2020 to December 2020 at Beijing Emergency Medical Center. The registration form was designed according to the Utstein model, and the data were analyzed retrospectively by the chi-square test.Results:A total of 5 977 patients were enrolled and divided into two groups according to age: 2 349 patients aged ≤ 80 years old and 3 628 patients aged ≥ 81 years old. Compared with the younger group, the proportion of patients in the older group who did not undergo CPR due to disease (97.0%) and family desertion (99.4%) were higher, and the difference was statistically significant (both P<0.01). Conclusions:Elderly people over 80 years old with underlying diseases have a high probability of developing OHCA at home. Most of the witnesses at the scene were family members and could not implement CPR in time. After the emergency personnel arrived at the scene, they found that the patient had been in cardiac arrest for too long and had apparently died. Family members would choose to give up treatment.

Genetic analysis of a Chinese family with congenital aniridia and detection of PAX6 mutation locus / 中华实验眼科杂志

Background Congenital aniridia is a rare bilateral hereditary ophthalmopathy which impact panocular.Researches showed that congenital aniridia can be caused by different mutation locus of PAX6 genes,and the mutations are multifarious.Objective This study was to detect and anaiyze the mutations of a Chinese family with congenital aniridia by using targeted sequence capture sequencing and direct Sanger sequencing.Methods This study was approved by Ethic Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University and followed Declaration of Helsinki.Written informed consent was obtained from subjects or their custodians before any related medical examination.A cross-sectional study was performed.A Chinese congenital aniridia family was included at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in March,2016.All the family members received systemic medical examinations including nervous system and oral glucose tolerance test and then the ocular examinations were carried out.The periphery blood of 10 ml was collected from the members for genomic DNA extraction.Targeted sequence capture sequencing was performed on the DNA of proband to screen out the suspicious mutant locus.The mutation was verified by comparing the Sanger direct sequencing results from all family members.Results A total of 3 generations of 9 members were included in this congenital aniridia pedigree,and the Ⅰ 1 was dead without eye abnormality.Three patients (Ⅱ2 and her children Ⅲ1,Ⅲ2) and 5 normal family members were determined,showing an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern.No abnormal signs were found in nervous system and oral glucose tolerance test in the families.The reduce of visual acuity,ocular hypertension (21 mmHg),absence of biocular iris,opacification of corneal stroma,horizontal nystagmus,hapoplasia of fovea were found in all the sufferers.In addition,the ptosis of the left eye,congenital cataract of the right eye in Ⅱ 2 patient as well as biocular cataract and subluxation of lenses also were exhibited.The c.183C＞A mutation of the PAX6 gene was screened out to be a possible pathogenic mutation.The result of Sanger direct sequencing in the families verified a co-segregation of this mutation with mutant phenotypes.Conclusions PAX6 gene c.183C ＞A,a rare mutation in Chinese population,is a virulence mutation site in this aniridia family.

Luminol-labeled gold nanoparticles for ultrasensitive chemiluminescence-based chemical analyses.

We report a study on chemiluminescence-based chemical analyses using luminol molecules covalently attached to 10 nm diameter gold nanoparticles (GNPs). Chemiluminescence (CL) has been systematically studied under two schemes by varying the concentrations of luminol-labeled GNPs and [Fe(CN)6](3-) catalyst, respectively. The CL signal of luminol-labeled GNPs is enhanced by 5 to 10 times compared to the bulk luminol solutions of the same concentration. The log-log plot of the CL signal versus the number of luminol-labeled GNPs suspended in a standard 96-well plate shows two characteristic linear curves with distinct slopes across eight orders of magnitude variation in the GNP quantity (from 1.82 × 10(2) to 1.82 × 10(10) GNPs per well). The detection limit represented by the cross-point of these two curves can reach down to ~6.1 × 10(5) GNPs per well (corresponding to 1.0 × 10(-14) M GNP and 2.4 × 10(-11) M equivalent luminol concentration). The attachment of luminol molecules to GNP nano-carriers allows a large amount of luminol to be placed in a greatly reduced volume (or area) toward developing miniaturized CL sensors. We have demonstrated this by preloading dried luminol-labeled GNPs in homemade microwell arrays (with a volume of ~12 µL per well). A linear log-log curve can be obtained across the full range from 1 × 10(3) to 1 × 10(10) GNPs per microwell. The CL signal was detectable with as few as ~1000 GNPs. We have further applied this microwell method to the detection of highly diluted blood samples, in both intact and lysed forms, which releases Fe(3+)-containing hemoglobin to catalyze luminol CL. The lysed blood sample can be detected even after a 10(8) fold dilution (corresponding to ~0.18 cells per well). This ultrasensitive CL detection method may be readily adapted for developing various miniaturized multiplex biosensors for rapid chemical/biochemical analyses.